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Monday, September 28, 2009

4.29 Impose

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impose
 /ɪm'poz/
  1. (transitive) If you impose something on someone, you force it on them, even if they don't want it.
  2. (intransitive) If you impose on someone, you ask or expect them to do something for you that is difficult or inconvenient.
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  1. Daoqin ZhaoOctober 1, 2009 at 11:21 PM

    impose
    [im'pəuz]
    v. 加上, 课征, 强迫, 征收(税款)
    They are threatening to impose a blockade on the country.

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  2. MJOctober 2, 2009 at 11:19 AM

    As a result of these laws, judges were forced to impose sentences that many jurists believed to be unjust.

    Japanese; kyou sai,

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  3. SofiyaOctober 5, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    Since new entrants impose no risks on the rest of us, they wouldn't need to be taxed.

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  4. Elfre A.October 5, 2009 at 10:47 PM

    Although most London book houses owned galley presses for making slip proofs by the 1870, it appears that companionship bookwork was generally made up into pages and imposed before proofing until the mid 1880s.
    Spanish:imponer

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